Author: Eliza Miller
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Afghanistan: a country abandoned
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ANALYSIS by Eliza Miller Eliza Miller is a postgraduate student at the University of Edinburgh, studying an MSc in International Relations of the Middle East. Her research focuses on the relationship between Europe and MENA through politics, migration, human rights, and security. Afghanistan is staring down numerous interconnected crises. Everything from their broken diplomatic relations,…
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President Biden, do not abandon Ukraine
Dear President Biden, You’re abandoning Ukraine. In your address on Monday 22 February, you said Putin was setting a rationale to invade Ukraine. You said he is aiming to take large sections of Ukraine by force. And you were right. He is taking more territory than even those controlled by Russian separatists. He’s launching attacks…
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Invasion or not, Russian imperialism is a threat to Ukraine
ANALYSIS Whispers of another Russian invasion of Ukraine began to swirl when Russian troops posted along Ukraine’s border reached 100 000. Earlier this week the number was estimated to have reached at least 130 000. Today, Russia’s defence ministry announced its plans to withdraw some of its troops from the border; words that are yet…
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The Nationality and Borders Bill is a threat to human life
OPINION A moral and ethical debate has been stirred across the UK in the wake of the Nationality and Borders Bill that passed the House of Commons in December 2021 and is currently in the Committee Stage in the House of Lords. The bill drastically redesigns the UK’s asylum system by implementing catastrophic barriers for…
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The political games threatening human life at the Poland-Belarus border
CN: death ANALYSIS The ‘migration crisis’ between Poland and Belarus may have hit the mainstream global news cycle in early November, but the origins of the contest reach much farther back. The crux of the issue is not about migration specifically, but is in fact a broader political disagreement between the EU and Belarus’ Lukashenka.…
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